Dump-car.



G. H. DOTY & W. L. BURNER.

nm on. APPLIOATIOR FILED SEPT, 15,1908.

Patented Mar. 16, 1909.

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G. H. DOTY & W. L. BURNER. DUMP GAR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.15,1908.

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Charlps H. Dot-y, mgwsses Wllimn L. Burnegz Attorney.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. DOTY AND WILLIAM L. BURNER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOHS TO lHE KILBOURNE AND JACOBS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A

CORPORATION OHIO.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

DUMP-CAR.

Patented March 16, 19 69.

Application filed September 15, 1908. Serial No. 453,201.

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES H. Dow and WiLLIAM L. BURNER, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dump-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in dump cars having displaceable sides which are preferably carried on a pivoted arm, and tl'irough the lifting effect of a swinging arm are held aloft on the side toward which the car is dumped when the dumping operation takes place, whereby the ladi'ng may be discl'iargcd, and relates especially to the con structionof the swinging or dumping arm, and means for locking and controlling the same during the dumping operation, and for retaining the same in proper position when the car body is in its normal position. We contemplate the application of our improved arm locking devices therefore to a car preferably dumped by air, the locking device being controlled preferably by a longitudinal shaft .operated by the action of the piston in dumping the car, connection being established from the end of the shaft with the locking devices.

Essentially our invention comprises the use of a dumping arm carrying an abutment or stop against which'the lock is adapted to engage when the car body is in normal position, said dumping arm being slotted in its lower portion to receive the pivot upon which the lock is mounted. The lock consists essentially of a dogor lever having a lockingarm and an operating arm, the latter being controlled by a second dog or cam lever actuated from the shaft above mentioned.

A preferable form of embodiment of our invention and of its application to a car of the roper kind is shown in the drawings as will be hereinafter clearly set forth.

It is contemplated to apply our invention to a car which may be automatically dumped and righted either by manipulating the air device at the car itself, or from another car or from an engine drawing the train. Thereby along-train of cars may be quickly dumped In the accompanying drawings which are hereto attached and hereby made a part of this application, Figure 1 is an end view of a car having our improved locking and dumping devices thereon, the car body being in normal position; Fig. 2 is an end view of the car shown in Fig. 1, the car box being in dumped position.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the truck of a preferred kind and construction,- upon which a supporting framework 2 is mounted; in this framework is mounted in a preferred manner the center sill construction shown at 3, upon which at a propriate points are mounted bracket mem e'rs 4, it being understood that there may be two or more such bracket members arranged upon such center sill beneath the car box. The bracket mainbers 4 carry each a pivot 5 upon which is rotatably mounted a car box 6 by means of the to set forth the same any further thanby the reference to the saidLetters Patent. The location of the cylinder for dumping and righting the car box maybe as desired, although in the drawings we have illustrated the notched plates at the end of the ear box.

The car box shown in the drawings is provided with doors 12 and 13 at the sides thereof, said doors depending from the pivot shown at 14, carried by the arm 15, which in turn is pivoted on the end of the car at 16, so that it may swing upwardly and downwardly thereby carrying the door therewith. The upward and downward movement of the door 14 is controlled by the arm 17 pivoted thereto at 18; the arm 17 is preferably formed of two plates or bars arranged in parallel, it not being deemednecessary to present an edge view of this construction, inasmuch as it will be well understood; near the lower end of the bar members 17, and between them is mounted the roller or stop 19 for a purpose hereinafter to be describe A casing 20 is shown in section at the'left 9 end 21 of the shaft which is adapted to operate the locking construction, Rigidly carried by the shaft 21 is the arm 22, which at its outer end, is pivotally connected at 23 with a dog 24 carrying thereon the pin 25. U on one of its edges the dog 24 is formed wit a portion thereof cut away as shown at 26, thereby forming a hook or shoulder 27 thereon.

Mounted in the casing 20 upon the pivot 28 is a lever 29 having the blunt end or nose 3U thereon, and an arm 31 which is curved as shown at 32. The normal position of the dog or lever 29 is shown at the leftin Fig. 1, the other" parts also being in normal position in said figure; referring thereto it is seen that the nose or end 30 engages against the roller 19, the lower end of the arm 31 engages against the stop 33 formed in the bottom of the casing 20, and in this position of the lever 29 it is clearly seen that the dumping arm 17 could not be lifted, and therefore the car box can not be dumped so long as this locking dog or lever 29 remains in this position. The lever 24 is shown in normal position at the left in Fig, 1, in which it is seen that the cutout 26 receives the .pin 34 on the lever 29, the lever 24 therefore resting upon the pin 34 in this position of the parts.

At the right in Fig. 1, is shown the position of the parts when the piston has been actuated sufficiently to rotate the shaft 21 and the arm 22 thereon to lift the lever 29 out of enga ement with the stop 19*, this lifting bc ing e ected by the engagement of the pin 34 with the shoulder 27, and as the lever' 24 is further lifted by the movement of the arm 22 the lever 24 picks up the long arm 31' of the lever 29 and rotates the same on its pivot 28, thereby unlocking the dumping arm 17 Thereupon, by the further application of the air,-the piston rod shown at 35 engages the bracket 8, and lifts the car box 6 to rotate the same on its pivot 5, whereby' the dumping arm is moved upwardly with the car box, as shown at the right in Fig. 2, in which figure the car is shown as fully dumped, it being seen that the lower slotted portion 35 of the dumping arm 17 has been permitted to pass upwardly b reason of the slot 36? therein, being guide in its upward movement by the pin or pivot 28 engaging with the slot 36. In the construction shown in the drawings the lower end of the slot 36 engages the pin or pivot 28 and the arm 17 a is stopped thereby, thereby reventing the car door on the elevated side rom leaving its closed position, which might otherwise take place under the impetus of the dumping movement. Approximately at the instant the dumping movement is completed, the piston rod 25 breaks connection with the racket or plate 8., and is retracted with the downward movement of the iston, consequent upon the withdrawal 0' the air from the cylinder; this movement of the piston permits the shaft 21 to rotate whereby the arm 22* is lowered, thus permitting the long arm 31 of the lever 29 to return to its normal position shown in dotted lines at the right in Fig. 1, and in the heavy lines at the right in Fig. 2, so that when the car box is righted, the stop 19 moving downwardly contacts with the outer face of the end 30 of the lever 29 and causes the same to retate, and when the sto has passed downwardly beyond the en 30, the lever 29 drops into its normal position. The sto 19 in t iis position is below the nose or en portion 30 of the lever 29, the latter eflbctually preventing any upward movement of the arm 17 so long as the locking dog or lever 29 remains in this position.

The above description shows the operation oi the lockingund releasing devices on the side of the car box which is lifted during the dumping operation, and we shall now describe the operation of the locking and releasing devices on the side of the car box toward which the dumping takes place, or which is lowered in the dumping operation.

lel'erring to Fig. 1, on the left thereof is seen the position of the looking and releasing devices when the ear box is in its normal position, and at the left of Fig. 2 is shown the position of these parts when the car box has been dumped. ]t is apparent that the position of the locking lever or dog 29 on the side of the car'box toward which the dumping takes place, need not be changed in anywise to permit the dumping operation to take place,- and consequently the said lever 29 at the left of said Fig. 2 is shown in its normal position when the dumping operation has been completed. During this operation it is scen that the dumping arm 17, being pivoted at 18, will be guided at its lower end by the pivot or pin 28, and that the lower end of said arm 17 occupies a position toward the center of the car when the car box has been dumped, the pivot or pin 28 having acted in one as a guide but also as a pivot point for said lever 17 during this movement of this carbox to its dumped position. In this inwardly swinging movement of the lower end 35 of the arm 17 the pin 25 is engaged by the face 37 of the slotted lower end 35, and the lever 24 is thereby swung upwardly on its pivot 23, out of engagement with the pin 34 on the lever 29. When the ear box is to be righted, the )iston rod will engage the notch 10*" on the plate 8, and by its upward movement in lifting the car box will rotate the shaft 21 thereby swinging the lever 24 on its pivot 23; but as the car box is lifted, the lower slotted portion 35 of the arm 17 swings outwardly on the pin 28, thereby ermitting the lever 24 to fall through t e contact of the pin 25 with the face 37. Duringthis falling movement the curved face 38 of lever 24 drops into contact with (pin 34' on lever 28,- and is thereby guide thereover to cause the shoulder or hook 26 to belbrought into osition to engage said pin 34. 'When t e piston has settled back to its normal position, the lever 24 and the pin 34 will occu y the relative positions shown at the right in Fig. 1.

It is therefore seen that our construction enables us to positivelylock the dumping arm against'any lifting movement thereon until the locking levers or dogs 24 and 29 have been actuated'as hereinbefore described through the operationof the shaft 21, the rotation of the latter being dependent u on the operation of the air cylinder; it is furt er clear that when the locking levers on one side- 7 of the car have been released, those on the other side of the car during the dumping operation are so positioned as to positively lock the dumping arm on that side of the car when the car box is again restored toits normal position. The slotted portion of the dumping arm is made' f such length, as to accommodate the movement of the car box during the dumping operation, it being pref-i erably so constructed as to form a sto at its lower end to prevent the car box rom being dumped too far, and at its upper end to form a stop whereby the proper position of the door of thecar is determined on the 'side toward which the car box is dumped;

further, the slotted portion of the dum ing arm receives the pin or ivot descri ed, which acts both as a guide orfsaid arm and as a pivot point therefor. Further, it is seen that the lever which lifts the locking lever out of its locking position, is adapted to be actuated by the slotted ortion of the dumping arm on the side of t e car toward which the car box is being dum ed, so that when the ivoted;,end of the ever is afterward raise through the righting o eration, the shoulder on the said lever wil be properly positioned for engagement with the in on the locking lever, whereby, when it IS subsequently desired to tilt the car box in the opposite direction the said leveris in proper position for lifting the locking lever to permit the car box to be dumped.

In the drawings we have shown a preferable embodiment of our invention, but we do not desire to be confined to the specific construction shown, but desire to claim all modifications which fall within the scope of our invention.

What we claim is:

1. Ina dumping car having. swingin side members, a dumpin arm slotted at its ower end, a guide in said s otted portion, a pivoted lever for engaging said arm to look the same against u ward movement thereof, and

means for ifting said lever out of its locking.

position to permit the car'to be dumped toward the opposite side.

-ed arms, a stop carried by sau portion mounte y said dumping arm, a lever plvoted on said 2. In a dumping car having swinging side members, a dumping arm for manipu atmg said side members having its lower end slots ted, a guide in said slotted portion, a pivoted lever for engaging said arm to lock the-same against upward movement thereof, a second pivoted lever engaging said first lever, and

said arm for engaging said lever to lock said arm against the upward movement thereof, and means for unlockin said arm.

4. In a dumping car aving swinging side members, a dumping arm pivotally connect- -ed to said side members for manj' ulating the same and having a longitudina slot in its lower end port1on,a 1n mounted on said car and engaging said s ot, a lever pivoted on. 'said pin and provided with op ositely directed arms, a stop carried by sai dumping arm adapted to engage one of the arms of said means for operating said second lever to lift lever, .the other arm of said lever being adapted to engage with the car, whereby said dumping arm is positively locked against an upward movement thereof.

5. In a dumping car having swinging side members, a dumping arm pivotally connected to said side members formani ulating the same and having a. longitudina slot in its lower end ortion, a in mounted on' said car and engagingsaid s ot, a lever pivoted on said pin and provided with opposltely directdumpin arm adapted to engage one of the arms of said lever, the other arm of said lever bein adapted to engage with the car, Where said dumping arm is positively locked against an u ward movement thereof, and means for li ing the latter arm of said lever whereby the other arm thereof is moved out of its looking position to permit the dumping arm to be lifted.

- 6. In a dumping car having swingin side members, a dumping arm for manipu ating each of said side members slotted in its lower end portion, a uide engaging said slotted (I on said car, a stop carried car and positioned for engaging said stop to -unlock said arm to permit upward movement thereof, a pin on said lever, a second lever adapted to engage said pin, and means for mani ulating said second lever to lift said first ever through said engagement, whereby the said dumping arm is rendered free to move upwardly.

- 7. In-a dumping car having swi gin side members, a .dumpin arm for each 0 said members having its ower end portlon ro-- vided wlth a sl t, a guide mounted on sai car engaging said slot, a locking lever pivoted on members having its lower end portion ro-.

vided with a slot, a guide mounted on sai car engaging said slot, a locking lever pivoted on said car for preventin anupward movement of said dumping arm ut permitting a downward movement thereof, a second lever constructed to engage said first lever to lift the same out of locking position, and means on said second lever engaging with said dumping arm whereby during the downward movement of said dumping arm the said second lever is moved out of engagement with said lever, and during the righting of the car is again permitted to return to its normal engagement with said first lever. 9. In a dumping ear having swinging side members, a dumpin arm therefor having its lower end portion s otted, a guide engaging with said slotted portion, a locking lever adapted to prevent an upward movement of said arm, asecond lever having a hook thereon to engage said first lever, a pin on said 10. In a dumping'car having swim in side 7 members, a dumping arm slotted in its ower end portion, a stop carried by said dumping arm, a uide engaging said slotted portion, a locking lever-pivoted on said guide to engage said stop; to prevent upward movement of said arm, means for disengaging said lever from said stop to permit the upward movement of said arm, means for returnin said lever to its normal position, said stop uring the return movement of said arm beipg adapted to swing said locking lever on 1ts ivot to permit said stop to, pass beyond said ever into locking position.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses. CHARLES H. DOTY.

WILLIAM L. BURNER. Witnesses:

J. D. BENBOW, ERNs'r M. LIED. 

